Charitable Planning

Charitable planning can play an integral role in a client’s overall estate plan.

Whether a client is motivated by potential tax savings, or has purely philanthropic goals, GSRJ attorneys utilize a number of tools to help clients make charitable gifts, such as charitable lead or remainder trusts, testamentary charitable trusts, private foundations, private operating foundations, supporting organizations, and donor advised funds. GSRJ attorneys not only help clients determine which tool will best meet a client’s objectives, they also assist the client with the documents and forms necessary to create and implement the new trust or non-profit corporation and, where necessary, prepare and file the required forms with the Internal Revenue Service and governing state to have the new entity recognized as being tax exempt.

GSRJ attorneys also assist the firm’s clients with the administration of existing and newly created charitable structures. This includes assistance not only with the preparation and filing of applicable federal and state tax returns, but also with the annual or more periodic trust and corporate documentation necessary to maintain proper books and records under state and federal law. The firm’s attorneys also assist clients with identifying and selecting permissible public charities to which charitable grants might be made, as well as the paperwork required to properly select and document such grants. GSRJ attorneys have also had extensive experience in assisting clients with their charitable giving outside of the United States.

Attorney

Ms. Giordani primarily represents high net worth individuals and family offices in a wide variety of legal matters. Her particular focus is domestic and international trust, investment, and life insurance structures.

Ms. Jetel is focused on the design, implementation, and administration of international trust and entity structures and assists clients around the country and around the world with estate planning and asset protection.

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About GSRJ

GSRJ is composed of a cohesive group of lawyers and other private client professionals who have practiced together for as many as 20+ years, supported by a superb team of administrative professionals whose primary focus is to enable the billing professionals to provide service efficiently and quickly.